51. Weight gain during disordered eating and diet recovery

Does this sound familiar? 

You’re slowly giving yourself permission to eat more foods.  You stopped weighing yourself because you know how that number can mess with your head. You can eat a few cookies if you’re craving them, or have the bag hanging out in your pantry for weeks without even thinking about them. 

It seems like everything is falling into place … and then …. You have A DAY.  Or not even A DAY… it could be a MOMENT. You catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror.  You see an old picture from when you were smaller. You see a recent picture after your body has gone through some changes. You found an old pair of smaller jeans. 

And just like that, your thoughts immediately go back to dieting, restriction, weight loss. NOW WHAT?

That's what I'm covering in this episode of Speaking of Hungry! How can we handle weight gain once we stop all the dieting? How can we deal with those moments when suddenly we're not so sure about intuitive eating? 

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#1 - examining your personal history with dieting

#2 - reflecting on how diets interfered with your life

#3 - how to slowly get rid of dieting tools you may still use.

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